. >> he wants to transform exceptional private enterprise america into nee yo socialism europe. >> he's such a cancer to the economy. >> to call this a recovery is an insult to recoveries. >> we have 11.7% unemployment, not 8.1%. >> the president has not improved the american economy. >> sorry, bill. the cold truth is president obama has improved the economy. america has reelected the president who brought the economy back from collapse. let's take a look at some numbers. because unlike republicans, they don't lie. 247 million shoppers visited stores this black friday weekend. they spent an estimated $59 billion over the four-day period. sales up over 12% from last year. the housing market is looking pretty good these days. average home prices rose for the sixth consecutive month. home prices are up 3% from this time last year. we have seen 32 months of job growth and finally, here's a whopper, consumer confidence index is at a what? four-year high? how could that be? it rose to 73.7, the highest level since february of 2008. president obama is always the first one to say there's a lot